{"id":105,"date":"2016-07-11T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/whynes\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:11:14","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fs.wp.odu.edu\/whynes\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Current Graduate Students:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Phan<\/li>\n<li>Kasey Parker<\/li>\n<li>Summer Sparrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Graduated Students<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Ph.D.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2003\">\n<li>Sheryl Walton. <u>Dissertation title<\/u>: Hyaluronate lyase gene of <em>Streptococcus pyogenes<\/em>: molecular characterization and regulation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2003\">\n<li>Robert Johns (Co-chair with Dan Sonenshine).<u>Dissertation title<\/u>: Tick Immunology and its influence on vector competence<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2007\">\n<li>Martha Stokes. <u>Dissertation title<\/u>: Serotype association and regulation of the hyaluronate lyase gene of <em>Streptococcus pyogenes<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2015\">\n<li>Chelsea Wright. <u>Dissertation title:<\/u> Determining the prevalence and distribution of tick-borne pathogens in southeastern Virginia and exploring the transmission dynamics of <em>Rickettsia parkeri<\/em> in <em>Amblyomma maculatum<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2020\">\n<li>Alexandra Cumbie. <u style=\"font-size: inherit\">Dissertation title<\/u><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">: Drivers of rickettsial pathogen transmission and spillover in local tick populations in southeastern Virginia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>M.S. (Thesis)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1999\">\n<li>Sandra Jacobsen.<u>Thesis title<\/u>:\u00a0 An extracellular protein produced by <em>Staphylococcus hominis<\/em> aM with antimicrobial action towards <em>Mycobacterium<\/em> spp.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2001\">\n<li>Laura Quinn. <u>Thesis title:<\/u>\u00a0 Effect of magnesium on the production of ScnA and ScnR by <em>Streptococcus pyogenes<\/em>, strain FF22.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2001\">\n<li>Kimberly Hahn.<u>Thesis title:<\/u> Development of an electrotransformation technique for <em>Streptococcus iniae<\/em> and preliminary characterization of the hemolysin associated with this strain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2003\">\n<li>Karin Berling.<u>Thesis title:<\/u> Characterization of the Spy1600, a putative hyaluronidase gene in group A streptococci<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2005\">\n<li>Katherine Corbett Seguin. <u>Thesis title:<\/u> The defensin gene of <em>Dermacentor variabilis<\/em> and <em>Ixodes scapularis<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2005\">\n<li>Paul LeTellier, Jr.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u>Thesis title:<\/u> Variation in the fluorescence of green fluorescent protein in various strains of <em>Escherichia coli<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2006\">\n<li>Stephanie (Michelle) Todd. <u>Thesis title<\/u>: Defensin transcript distribution in tissues and life stages of the ixodid ticks <em>Amblyomma americanum<\/em> and <em>Ixodes scapularis<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2007\">\n<li>Kelly Wyatt (Co-Director).<u>Thesis title:<\/u> Evidence for disease mediated extinction: correlation between an introduced pathogen and extinction of <em>Rattus macleari<\/em> on Christmas Island.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2007\">\n<li>Julia Sharp. <u>Thesis title:<\/u> Antimicrobial activity screening of recombinant and synthetic varisin, a defensin from the hard tick <em>Dermacentor variabilis<\/em>, against various bacteria.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2013\">\n<li>Alexis Kordis. <u>Thesis Title: <\/u>Regulation of hyaluronate lyase (<em>Hyl<\/em>A) expression by RegR, a transcriptional repressor in <em>Streptococcus pyogenes.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2015\">\n<li>Sharon Vaturi. <u>Thesis title: <\/u><em>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/em> and <em>Anaplasma phagocytophilum <\/em>prevalence within <em>Ixodes<\/em> spp. in Southeastern Virginia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>M.S. (Nonthesis)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan Zajdowicz (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Abigail Dixon (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Lashanda Oglesby (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Stacey Deputy (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Fellman (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Simmons (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Shannon Hensley (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Elizavta Svyatova (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Melanie Sloan (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Christensen (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Laura Bitzer (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Graduate Students: Anna Phan Kasey Parker Summer Sparrow Graduated Students Ph.D. Sheryl Walton. 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